Avenue D & East 40th Street
Avenue D and East 40th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Christopher Rose Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 711 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Augustines Episcopal Church is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 40 St, is 100 feet away for the B8. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 40 St, 100 feet away, for the B8.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 40 St B8100 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.5 miles
- 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 711 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 971st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 332 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Farragut
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Christopher Rose Way, a co-naming enacted on July 1, 2013 (Local Law 50 of 2013).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1933.
Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Red Sunset' red maple and the European hornbeam.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Christopher Rose Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue D
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
South side of Avenue D
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 40th Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 40th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Paerdegat Park910 feet
- Paerdegat Park Playground1,110 feet
Houses of worship
- St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship580 feet
- St Augustines Episcopal Church House of worship880 feet
- St Therese Lisieux Church House of worship1,190 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue D & East 39th Street 260 feet
- Albany Avenue & Avenue D 270 feet
- East 38th Street & Avenue D 520 feet
- Avenue D & East 42nd Street 540 feet
- East 37th Street & Avenue D 780 feet
- Avenue D & East 43rd Street 800 feet
- East 40th Street & Clarendon Road 840 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 40th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue D or East 40th Street.